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Subj : Re: How to bind a POSIX thread to a specific CPU?
To   : comp.unix.tru64,comp.programming.threads
From : Loic Domaigne
Date : Sun Jun 19 2005 10:06 pm

Hello Ioannis,

I have cross-posted to comp.programming.threads, since there are people 
hanging there known to be proficient in both (POSIX) threads and Tru64.

Loic.

> I am developing a multithreaded application using POSIX threads and I 
> would like to bind each thread to a different processor. I found that 
> there is the pthread_use_only_cpu() function which does what I need, but 
> it is available only under Tru64 5.1A and later.
> 
> Unfortunately, the system I am using has Tru64 5.1 and this function is 
> not available. Is there another way to do this? I read some things about 
> RADs (Resource Affinity Domains), but I am not certain whether they can 
> be used to achieve what I like to do. To be honest, I am quite confused 
> about what RADs are and how they are used and I would like to have some 
> more information about them. Are RADs managed only by administrators? 
> Can I create RADs from inside my application and bind the threads to 
> specific processors in a RAD? If so, how is this done? Is there a 
> pointer to documantation that explains step-by-step the usage of RADs? 
> Or am I on a totally wrong path to implement binding of threads on 
> processors?
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help,
> 
> Ioannis

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